The National Park Service Outer Banks Group is ready with a summer schedule full of a variety of programs for park visitors, including history talks, nature walks, recreational programs, and a multitude of children’s programs. The summer schedule runs from June 1 – Sept. 2. Program schedules and descriptions are available on-line at each park’s […]
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By B.J. OELSCHLEGEL On Jan. 1, 2009, Hyde County applied new assessments to each parcel on the county tax roles. These values were the result of an 18- 24 month professional study of the market and were verified as being at 100 percent of market value. This re-evaluation was triggered by a growing discrepancy between […]
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National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis announced last week that he has selected Stanley J. Austin to serve as the agency’s Southeast regional director. Austin will begin his new duties in mid-July. “Stan is a proven leader with a track record of innovative problem solving, and I am delighted he has accepted this opportunity […]
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Opposing forces are at work in the North Carolina General Assembly as the Senate tries to increase ferry tolls and add them to the ferries that are currently free and the House of Representatives works to remove tolls on all ferries or at least not raise them and keep the current free ferries. The House […]
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Dare County Board of Commissioners has approved the budget for the 2013-14 fiscal year, which begins July 1 and includes a 3.25-cent tax increase. The revenue neutral rate determined after the revaluation totals were set was 39.75 cents per $100 dollars of property value. The revenue neutral rate is the rate that would generate the […]
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